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The CFPB fired all the members serving on three of its advisory boards, including the Consumer Advisory Board, indicating a shift in its approach to external engagement. The consumer agency announced last week that it plans to reconstitute three of its advisory groups – the Consumer Advisory Board, the Community Bank Advisory Council, and the Credit Union Advisory Council – with “new, smaller memberships.” “By both right-sizing its advisory ...

The CFPB last week dismissed its precedent-setting case against PHH Corp., officially overturning the bureau’s controversial interpretation of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act under former Director Richard Cordray. In the end, the four-year legal battle over alleged RESPA violations regarding captive reinsurance arrangements ended up with no fine or penalty being assessed on the mortgage lender. The final court ruling that upheld the constitutionality ...

The CFPB and two payday-lending trade groups filed a joint motion seeking a stay of a lawsuit challenging the CFPB payday-lending rule, and to delay the compliance date set by the rule. The lawsuit at issue was filed by the Community Financial Services Association of America and Consumer Services Alliance of Texas in April in a Texas federal district court. The two groups alleged that the consumer agency’s payday-lending rule is unlawful because ...

Democratic lawmakers sent comment letters to the CFPB in response to its request for information regarding the bureau’s rulemaking processes, emphasizing the importance of data collection in making new rules. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, MA, and Mark Warner, VA, wrote in a comment letter to Acting Director Mick Mulvaney that data collection is essential to rulemaking at the CFPB. “The CFPB’s decision-making is at its best when it has data to guide the ...